The 2005–06 Montenegrin First League was the last edition of the tournament as the second-highest division. Due to the dissolution of the state union between

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and

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in June 2006, the

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became the top division of

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from the 2006–07 season.

Background

In the previous season, Jedinstvo won the league by 10 points over Kom and were promoted to the SuperLiga. They were replaced by Sutjeska who were relegated from the First League. Mladost were relegated to the Montenegrin Republic League and were replaced by Zora who were promoted from the Montenegrin Second League.

Format

Teams played each other on a quadrouple round-robin basis – twice at home and twice away for a total of 36 matches.

League table

Results

First half of season

Second half of season

Relegation play-offs

The 8th placed team were played against the 2nd placed team of the

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in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.

First leg

Second leg

Mladost gained promotion to

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, while Zora relegated to

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Aftermath

Following the

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, Montengro declared independence so Serbia and Montenegro became two separate countries. As a result, the

became the top tier of football in Montenegro from the 2006–07 season rather than a feeder league within the pyramid of football in Serbia and Montenegro. The top seven teams in the First League were joined by the three teams fom Montenegro which were playing in the 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro SuperLiga ( Budućnost Podgorica, Jedinstvo and

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), the winners of the Montenegrin Second League (

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) and the play-off winners (Mladost) for the new season.

References

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